Allied Memberships

Allied membership with the National Academic Advising Association encourages cooperation and joint programming with other organizations that support the purposes of NACADA. Allied membership is open to sub-regional, statewide, metropolitan, provincial, institutional, or other organizations that meet the following requirements:

Organizational Requirements:

Have goals consistent with or complementary to NACADA goals
Have a mechanism for identification of leadership
Have at least one individual in a leadership role who is a member of NACADA
Have a desire to work cooperatively with NACADA
Allied Organization Membership fees will be paid to NACADA.
Liaisons (contact persons) are required to be NACADA individual members.
Keep NACADA Regional Chair apprised of organization's activities and of the name and address of at least one contact person

Benefits of Allied Membership:

Access and use of NACADA mailing lists on a reciprocal basis in accordance with current NACADA mailing list policy
Publication of activities in the regional communications at the discretion of editor
Identification of organization as "An Allied Member of the National Academic Advising Association"
Inclusion of representatives who are NACADA members on Regional steering and planning committees when possible
Expanded political base from which to advance the goals of the organization
No legal involvement, connection, or obligation to the organization on the part of NACADA
http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/RChair/StateandInstitutionalConferenceProcedures-SupportfromNACADA.htm

Benefits to NACADA:

Promotion of NACADA membership and participation at meetings of the allied member
Opportunity for heavily populated NACADA regions to organize by state and sub-regions so more people can be actively involved in leadership positions
Broadens the membership base of NACADA to include others who focus on the development of students in higher education
No legal involvement, connections, or obligation to the organization on the part of NACADA

Application Process:

The allied member category is an option in NACADA’s membership brochure and Regional Chairs encourage appropriate organizations within their regions to become allied members. Upon request from the organization or a Regional Chair, the Executive Office sends interested organizations an application along with guidelines, requirements, and benefits of allied membership.
The completed application will be sent to the Executive Office.
Once the membership application is approved the Executive Office will notify the new allied member.

Reporting:

The Regional Division Representative and the NACADA Regional Chair, in their bi-annual board reports, will report the activities of the allied member organizations to the NACADA Board of Directors. It is the responsibility of the Allied Member to present evidence of their activities and compliance with the guidelines to their appropriate Regional Chair.
The Executive Office will maintain an on-going allied member list with current contact/liaison persons, just as a list of regular members is kept.
Annual membership renewal letters will be sent each year to allied members through their liaison representatives, just as letters to regular members.
The membership year will be for one year.
A membership list of the allied group must be provided to NACADA.